Shoe finishing and ornamenting tool



A: DOBRY SHOE FINISHING AND ORNAMENTING TOOL Filed March 20. 1924 '2 Sheets-Sheet '1 @HMA W:

Nov. 1 24- 1,515 465 A. DOBRY SHOE FINISHING AND ORNAML'INIING TOOL Filed March 20. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

UNITED STATES ANTHONY DOBRY, OF POBT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

SHOE FINISHING AND ORNAMENTING TOOL.

Application filed March 20, 1924. Serial No. 700,663.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that ANTHONY Donny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Pierce, in the county of St. Lucie and State of Florida, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Finishing and Ornamenting Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in shoe finishing and ornamenting tool and has for an object to provide for the assembly in a compact tool of a number of devices for accomplishing various kindred purposes in connection with the finish ing and ornamenting of shoe soles.

The tool purposes to provide for the burnishing of the soles and heels of both ladies and mens shoes, to finish and smooth the surfaces of the soles and heels of the shoes, to ornament the top lift of the heels, to beat out old stitches from the sole, to set the edges of soles and heels and to perform various and sundry other operations incident to the manufacture and repair of shoes.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a flexible drive for the old stitch remover and for certain devices related thereto whereby an improved result is secured; still further objects of the invention being to provide through the flexible drive a degree of resilient pressure developed through the tool upon the work in certain of the operations.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols re fer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of device constructed according to the pres ent invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view taken at a different angle.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken through the device showing in dotted lines Figure 6 is a plan view of the pressure ring and its springs for the old stitch remover. with a part shown. in section.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings T designates generally a burnishing wheel fixed upon the shaft 8 as by the use of one or more set screws 9 fitting through the hub extension 10 of the wheel 7 and engaging against the shaft 8.

This shaft 8 may be the shaft of any appropriate shoe machine or it may be an independent shaft set up and journaled in any appropriate frame work, caving a source of power connected thereto by which the shaft may be rotated.

The wheel 7 is provided with a flange 11 extending from the outer edge portion of the wheel and oppositely with respect to the hub 10. This flange 11 provides with the adjoining side of the wheel 7 a cup-shaped housing within which is contained a spiral spring 12 wound in an appropriate number of turns about the shaft 8. One end of the spring, as shown at 13, is engaged in an opening made in the adjoining face of the wheel 7, while the other end 1 1 of the spring is engaged. in an opening in the near end of a sleeve 15 mounted loosely about the shaft 8 outwardly of the wheel 7 and its flange and being capable of relative axial sliding upon said shaft and of relative axial turning. The rotary movement is communicated to the sleeve 15 through the spiral spring 12.

The sleeve 15 at its outer end is provided with an enlarged substantially conical head 16 having tool faces thereon for accomplishing various results as hereinafter more fully described and within the head 16 is a hollow annular chamber 17 for receiving a collar 18 surrounding the outer end portion of the shaft 8 and fixed to rotate therewith by the set screw 19. This collar 18 acts to confine the conical head 16 and the sleeve 15 upon the shaft 8.. The outer end of the collar 18 has an enlarged annular shoulder 20 against which the internal flange 21 of the head 16 cooperates by means of the re silient expansive action of the coil spring 12. It will be noted that the outer surface of the internal flange 21 is bevelled in order to admit of the prying back of the head and sleeve by a shoe sole in the act of entering between the flange 21 and the shoulder 20:

y it being plain from Figure 3 that the shoul der 20 is mutually bevelled to this same end. A radial thrust of the shoe indicated at dotted lines at 22 will force the head and sleeve backwardly. The forward end of the sleeve 15 provides a shoulder 23 for strikingagainst the inner end of the collar 18 whereby to check the outer movement of the head and sleeve, this outer movement being induced by the expansive action of the coil. spring 12.

On the rear face of the head 16 is a beater plate 24 shown in plan in Figure 4- and having a number of heads 25 located at spaced circumferential points in order to set up an intermittent beating action upon the sole of the shoe to remove old threads therefrom. Inwardly of this plate is a ring of felt or other appropriate material designated at 26 and being of smaller diameter than the plate 24 so as not to extend out to the beads 25. The ring 26 and the plate 24 are secured to the head 16 as by the use of two screws 27 located at substantially diametrically opposite points.

Cooperating with the beater plate 24 is a pressure and cleaner plate .23 fitted against the felt ring 26 and having punched therefrom an inner and outer circular series of studs 29 and 30. This pressure and cleaner plate 28 is fitted only loosely a inst the felt washer 26 and may yield backwari'llr therefrom. In order to keep the plate up to its position and against the shoe sole. springarm's 31. shown as four in number. although the number may be varied. are provided upon a ring 32 fixed as by a set screw 33 to the sleeve 15. The spring arms 31 may be riveted or otherwise secured to the ring 32 and these spring: arms are bent forwardly and curved backwardly at their outer ends in order to form smooth and curved bGZLllDQ' surfaces for engaging against the pressure and cleaner plate near its outer edge. The free ends of the spring; arms engage between spaced pairs of bosses 50 whereby rotary movement is communicated to the plate 23. The plate is axially movable on the sleeve 15.

The outer end of the collar 18 provides on the inner surface of the shoulder 20 a. d at the base thereof an edge setter and by reason of the movable character of the head 16. this edge setter is suitable to any thicknesses of shoe sole. The shoe opens the edge setter 'autornaticall v to the desired degree for the particular width of the shoe sole treated and the coil spring 12 presses the edge setter against the shoe, no matter what the size. At 34 on the head 16 is indicated a 'shank setter and at 35 also on the head 16 is a tool to ornament the top lift around heels as indicated by the dotted heel 36.

The shoe indicated in dotted lines at 37 with its sole between the plates 24 and 23 is shown as having the old stitches removed by the rotary intermittent action of the beads 25 and the studs 29 and 30. lVith the device constructed as shown the uppers are protected from scratches and the felt ring 26 protects the welt. The plate 28 may be called a plate knife and it acts additionally to clear dirt off of welt next to sole and puts it in readiness for the rubber cement.

Upon the exterior of the wheel 7 and flange 11 are tool surfaces 38 for the purpose of leveling. smoothing and finishing the surface of the sole and also the heels of mens shoes. Further similar tool edges 39 are provided at the rounded rear portion of the wheel 7 for the purpose of finishing and smoothing the high heels of ladies shoes indicated by the shoe in dotted lines applied thereto in l i g'ure 3.

The tool portion 40 on the hub extension 10 is for ornamenting the top lift around the heel in the manner indicated by the application of the shoe 41. The outer portion of the hub 10 is reduced beyond the tool part 40 for facility in applying the heel and the rear end of the hub part 10 is faced by a collar 42 secured as by set screws 43 to the hub and the ring 44 is carried in a slat in the collar 42 and projects beyond the hub. the collar being formed with a tool surface 45 adjoining the projecting portion of the ring 44.

This ring 44 is an ornament wheel for imparting a fancy finish to that portion of the heels next the uppers as indicated at 46 in dotted lines. The part 45 protects the uppers from being scratched when impartino; this ornamental finish.

The toohused as above indicated saves considerable time in the manufacture of shoes and for the shoemaker and repairer for the reason that he is not obliged to more from one tool to the other. A device ac cording to the present invention involves substantially nine different tools or all of the tools necessary in the manufacture and repair of shoes. so far as the treatment of the soles is involved.

The stitch remover efiectively removes all stitches and permits of sewing the new stitches in the same holes so that the repaired shoes take on a new appearance. This stitch remover is also particiilarly effeetive for the reason that it is not directly driven from the shaft 3 but only resiliently through the coil spring Stitch removers havingindependent beating action are of 0011178: well known and their success depends upon the intermittent action. The coil spring will not drive the sleeve 15 evenly and it will increase the effectiveness of the intermittent act-ion besides permitting of a lao; in the beating plates when increased thicknesses in the shoe sole are encountered. Moreover the action of the plate 28 with the double series of studs 29 and 30 will more effectively clean the shoe portions and this plate may yield resiliently when occasion demands in an axial direction.

The coil spring 12 has the further function of tending to move the sleeve and head mitwardly on the collar 18 so that pressure is always applied to the shoes when being treated by the collar tool or the tools on the head 16.

By unloosening either set screw 9 or 19 the parts may be slid along the shaft 8 and removed. It is apparent that the assembly of the device may be effected quickly and substitute parts readily put in place.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

hat is claimed is .l. A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft, a ljnirnishing wheel fixed to rotate with the shaft, a sleeve slidable axially on the shaft and loosely rotatable on the shaft, a flexible and resilient connection driven by the shaft and coupled to said sleeve, a head on the sleeve having tool faces for operating on a shoe. and means on the outer end of the shaft for confining the head and sleeve against the expansive action of the spring.

A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft. a burnishing wheel fixed to the shaft, a combined sleeve and head. having tool faces thereon relatively movable both axially and circumferentially of the shaft. a flexible and resilient driving connection coupled to the combined head and sleeve and driven from said shaft, a collar fixed on the shaft to confine the sleeve and head against the expansive action of the spring. said collar and head having coacting tool faces for receiving a shoe therebetween.

A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft, a

burnishing wheel fixed to the shaft, a sleeve on the shaft. a substantially conical head extending forwardly of the sleeve and having tool faces thereon, a resilient and flexible connection between the sleeve and wheel, a collar fixed on the shaft for confining head and sleeve against the expansive action of the sleeve, said collar and head having 00- aoting tool parts for setting the sole of a shoe, said parts being beveled to automatically shift the head on application of the shoe sole.

4. A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft, a burnishing wheel fixed thereon, a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft adjoining the wheel, means for flexibly and resiliently driving said sleeve, and stitch removing and heating means carried by said sleeve and having spaced parts for intermittently and flexibly beating the stitches out of the sole.

5. A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft, a wheel fixed thereon, a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft, a pair of plates for receiving a shoe sole therebetween, one of said plates having a double circumferential series of studs extending therefrom, said studs bein spaced radially and circumferentially, and means for flexibly driving and applying yieldable pressure to said studded plate against the shoe sole.

6. A shoe finishing and ornamenting tool comprising in combination with a shaft, a lnirnishing wheel fixed thereon and having a flange, a coil spring wound about the shaft and fixed to the burnishing wheel at one end. said coil spring being in said flange, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shaft and receiving the other end of said coil spring, a head on the sleeve, a collar fixed to the shaft and acting as an abutment for said sleeve, a pair of plates on the sleeve having mutually extending studs, one of said plates being movable axially on the sleeve, and means fixed on the sleeve for exerting yieldable resilient pressure against said movable plate.

In testimony whereof I affix mv signature.

ANTHONY DOBR-Y. 

